Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-23
MRS. STOWE At nome.
TIE AUTHOR OF UNCLE TOMS
CABIN" FAILING m HEALTH.
visit At Her Hartford H"me-TelIing
How She Wrote Her Famous story.
The Order in which Her Work. should
be Read.


be Read.
No ] write M more. I have done.
have done | have done
Anything more pitiful. more pathetic,
more tragic cannot be imagined than the
effect of the above few words, coming IN
broken and falterIug accents from ihe
liI,S of Harriet BeeCher stowe
That the bright intellect of the author
Of "U Uncle Toms Cabin is undoubtedly
shattered cannot he longer denied
The dim gray eyes light mp in conyCrSl-
tiuu. however and some sparks come from
brtMee The pale iips now and again that
impress one with what must have been.
Her manners have a more kindly than
courteous air, and are tinted with the
grace Of modern a. we'll a. old time Gus
trTu~ Her hearing is Wonderfully acute
aHd her Intelligence gldrs along side by
side with that uf her guests. whom she re
'rINcs with the air Of an old Traveller
hWlipC a Young one from some foreign
l,aTt-- neit her curious nor Interested but
luIi'rarlnE.
'TN'IE TOMS CABIN"
Yes. my dear, ! loved To write, and be
gHn very Young lespecially liked writing
short stories hen | lived IN Brunswick,
Me For these used to get Sl5, $50. S25
--goud pay in those times. l never
Thought of writing book when COM
urnc,d # nclr Toms Cabin. | became
first ~uu~rd On the subject uf slavery when
| eel in Cincinnati. and use,i 10 see e,-
Gaping slaves come over the Ohio from
kcntlckN All, met il thrills ME even
nov, the sight of those poor creatures :
Now Young girl suggesting the lover,
parent or hruIher for whom her heart WAS
breaking ia bondage. again the strong
husband. aged father or >talwaTt brother.
Oh, | must write a book to stop the dread
ful shame, ! kept putting il of, dreading
bringing the characters 10 life. till the
fugitive slave law lashed me into fury,
and commenced what | meant TO be u
short story like the others But IL grew
and grew. and grew. and came, and came,
and came. wrote, and wrote, and wrote.
and thought | never should stop. did
not plan the book as it turned out. ! was
only full Of the wrath. and the story built
itself around il as | wrote. A Publisher
was waiting story from me. / told him
the subject had undertaken. He wrote,
saying. 'lou have struck a popular topic;
for heavens sake Keep II short lwrote
in reply. i shall stop when | get through;
not l.efore He never got il, for had to
make n book Of it
While writing il WAS filed with an
enthusiasm which transtused my bcing,
knew nn hindrance, no rival Interest. no
relief hut in writing it. had young chill
dreu. WAS keeping house and teaching
school AT the time. and never worked 81
hard: but had To write Dinner had To
lie got. | Knew. This had 10 he written,
just aS much-aye, and more, tool IL was
~ though il was written through me, |
only holding the pen. | WAS lifted off my
feet. Satisfied | never thought about
l-.ing satisfied When il was done il WAS
finished. and relief came ! never felt the
same with anything | afterward wrote.
Dread All! yes; il was on slavery. too,
but il was different. 'Poganuc People
interested ME deeply. | grew to have
deep sympathy for little girls at an age and
uf a disposition 10 be misunderstood and i'll
treated. Dolly is a fac similr of myself
~ child. wrote il to help the other
children.
HER oTHSI: STORIES.
After that ] wrote for money, I he
lirve 1 have felt the need, and now
tasted the good of ii, with more or less in-
tcrrSt Of excitement. My Wife and l.
and We and our Nrighbors' should lie
read together: then The Minister'S Woo.
ina. Nina Gordon The Pearl of Ors
island, that is not gpod-but there are
uonr Of them like Uncle Tom and little
E,a- Poor old Uncle Tom. All, 81
many. and 80 long ago
Here the gray eyes drop the light ont OF
them, the thin brown hands wander to
the white locks, and those knowing the
dear obi lady well know that soon they
will be asked 10 excuse her while she lies
down to rest Little while"
''Ah, dear me, l am not writing any
thing now. | shall never write anything !
any more. have done, J have done |
have done And she lis down a little |
While-''to rest"
Speaking of this wonderful woman's |
brain and attainments, her husband, |
Professor Stowe, was wont 10 say that he |
always felt like toad sitting beside an
apple tree compared with his wife Yet |
hc WAS a very learned man, a professor IN |
Cambridge university, and vas one of
those who helped translate the New res- |
lament. He WAS great book lover, and |
was known for his basket Of books which |
he carried ON his arm, without which he |
never appeared, at home OF abroad, morn- |
ing noon or night.
His death, al.out two years ago, has add |
et years 10 the loving wife, and broken /
hrr down more than any other OF the |
mIoward circumstances of her e,entful |
ite
Her home adjoins that Of Mark Twain, |
the little beaten pathway running from
the simple back stoop'' of the authoress |
10 the more solid, modern and elegant |
Seranda of the great American humorist. |
Fannie Edgar Thomas in Chicago Her
aid.
Cost OF '.Instantsneous'' Photos.
When the work. begun four years ago, |
WAS completed. $30.O had been ex-
pended and lO9.00 plates exposed; and |
the final results, As reproduced by a photo |
relatine process, extend, in the completed |
work, through 81 folio sheets presenting |
over 10000 positions assumed 10y men,
women and children, draped and nude. !
and by birds and animals in motion. |